beautiful. got chills throughout. meeting internet friends, or not meeting them, or having them go away forever.... theres apparently no stakes or consequences, experiences purely virtual, yet the feelings are real. i lostcontact with an internet friend and returned to their page years later, to find out they'd passed away suddenly, i still dont even know how to handle that. its like it was never real in the first place... which is really not poggers.
so true about 2010s tumblr, a unique virtual place. part of me comes to itch to try and see if there could be a sense of place in the same way, but its much harder to share, and it takes longer. regardless, thanks for putting this together. i loved it